Education Library

Javier Escaned, MD, opens the session titled “How to optimize high-risk patient outcome?” at EuroPCR 2023. 

Fadi Al-Rashid, MD, discusses his publication on standard pre-procedural clinical workup for Protected PCI.

Jürgen Leick, MD, discusses his paper on optimizing patient selection in high-risk protected percutaneous coronary intervention.

Prof. Dr. Jan-Malte Sinning discusses optimal revascularization strategies during protected high-risk procedures with Impella® heart pumps.

Birgit Markus, MD, discusses data on the impact of Impella® heart pump support on hemodynamics and renal function in patients with cardiogenic shock.

Prof. Dr. Christophe Vandenbriele discusses his recently published paper on anticoagulation in patients undergoing Protected PCI procedures.

Prof. Christophe Vandenbriele, MD, urges caution and the need for context when drawing conclusions from retrospective analyses in critically ill patients with cardiogenic shock. 

Vasileios Panoulas, MD, discusses an individual patient data pooling from the PROTECT II RCT, PROTECT III, and RESTORE EF trials released at EuroPCR 2023.

This FAQ addresses thrombus formation and anticoagulation for blood-contacting medical devices, such as the Impella® heart pump.

Now Approved for Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist®

Prof. Dr. Christophe Vandenbriele discusses managing anticoagulation in patients supported with Impella CP with SmartAssist heart pumps and the use of bicarbonate-based purge fluid.

Dr. Andreas Götzenich interviews Dr. Benedikt Schrage from Hamburg on the topic "Early left ventricular unloading improves survival in patients with cardiogenic shock undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)".

In this paper, Sascha Ott and colleagues describe a standard operating procedure (SOP) they developed for determining the temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) strategy for patients in cardiogenic shock (CS).

Prof. Carsten Skurk, MD, and Tharusan Thevathasan, MD, discuss ECMELLA support — VA ECMO and Impella CP® heart pump — in refractory cardiac arrest.

Prof. Dr. med. Gregor Warnecke discusses how to achieve better outcomes in patients with postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCCS).